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	American Burying Beetle Fact Sheet
		The American burying beetle, also known as the "giant carrion beetle," is the largest member of its genus in North America.
		American burying beetles are scavengers, attracted to decaying vegetation and carrion.
		The plight of the American burying beetle was publicized.
	www.dec.state.ny.us /website/dfwmr/wildlife/endspec/abbefs.html (1129 words)

	American Burying Beetle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		American burying beetles are scavengers, dependent on carrion for food and reproduction.
		American Burying Beetle Service Permittees (MS Word document, 45 KB): This is a comprehensive list of Section 10 Permitted Biologists, located in Oklahoma and surrounding states, approved by the Service to conduct American burying beetle surveys.
		American Burying Beetle Relocation Data Form (PDF Document, 39 KB): This form is to be filled out by a section 10 Permitted Biologist when American burying beetles are trapped and relocated.
	www.fws.gov /ifw2es/Oklahoma/beetle1.htm (1275 words)

	beetles
		The families of beetles containing the most species in North America are the rove beetles (Staphylinidae, 3100 species), the weevils (Curculionidae, 2432 species), the ground beetles (Carabidae, 1700 species), the leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae, 1474 species), the scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae, 1375 species), the darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae, 1300 species), and the long-horned beetles (Cerambycidae, 1100 species).
		Beetles usually have two sets of wings, the hard front wings, or elytra (elytron is singular), and the soft hind wings for flying.
		Larvae of long-horned beetles (family Cerambycidae) and metallic wood-boring beetles (family Buprestidae) bore in the wood of shrubs and trees, especially those that are dying or dead.
	www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us /4th/kkhp/1insects/beetles.html (2036 words)

	American Burying Beetle
		Burying beetles are generally fl, with red, yellow or orange markings on the elytra, or wing covers.
		Burying beetles have a symbiotic (mutually beneficial) relationship with a group of mites of the genus Poecilochirus.
		The former abundance and widespread distribution of the American burying beetle is documented in the numerous specimens in older insect collections.
	www.northern.edu /natsource/ENDANG1/Buryin1.htm (1196 words)

	USFWS - American Burying Beetle Fact Sheet
		The American burying beetle, the largest of the North American carrion beetles, has so drastically declined in numbers and range that, in July 1989, it was added to the federal Endangered Species List.
		The beetles are strong fliers, moving as far as a kilometer in one night.
		As part of this ongoing research, and in an attempt to establish another beetle population, biologists have released laboratory-raised American burying beetles on Penikese Island in Massachusetts, historical habitat of the animal.
	www.fws.gov /midwest/endangered/insects/abb_fact.html (840 words)

	Burying Beetle
		The beetles are strong fliers, moving as far as one and a half miles a night.
		However, the beetles are carrion (animals which are dead) specialists in that they need a carcass the size of a dove or chipmunk in order to raise their young.
		Reasons for the decline and disappearance of American burying beetle are unclear and speculation has ranged from increased competition and predation by scavenging mammals to prevalence of outdoor lighting and habitat disruption including increased use of insecticides.
	www.dnr.state.oh.us /wildlife/Resources/projects/beetle/beetle.htm (774 words)

	Digimorph - Nicrophorus americanus (American Burying Beetle)
		Currently, the American burying beetle is restricted to three localities including eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas, central Nebraska and southern South Dakota, and Block Island, Rhode Island (Lomolino et al., 1995; Holloway and Schnell, 1997; Creighton and Scnhell, 1998).
		Adult and larval American burying beetles feed on carrion (decaying animal flesh) (Lomolino et al., 1995; Holloway and Schnell, 1997; Creighton and Schnell, 1998).
		Researchers have suggested that the reduction in the geographic range of the American burying beetle is related to the decline in medium sized vertebrates throughout its previous range and subsequently a lack of appropriately-sized carcasses for reproduction (Lomolino et al., 1995; Holloway and Schnell, 1997; Creighton and Scnhell, 1998).
	digimorph.org /specimens/Nicrophorus_americanus (731 words)

	An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles - Book Reviews
		Bellamy is a specialist in the aptly named jewel beetles (Buprestidae), and Evans studies scarabs: the lavish large-format photographs reflect their specialties and show the beetles themselves as jewels.
		The strengths of this book are in the descriptions and illustrations of structures and adaptations that make beetles unique, and in the attitudes of the authors concerning beetles: beetles are unique and valuable in their own right and should be considered on their own merits, rather than being considered "harmful" or "beneficial".
		Missing is attention to the functioning of beetles in whole ecosystems, although some information is given on trophic levels from the beetle's perspective as scavenger, herbivore, predator or prey.
	www.fond4beetles.com /reviews.html (706 words)

	beetlelady.com » American Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus americanus Oliver): Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation
		American burying beetles are also sexually dimorphic, the males and females being easily separated by the marking patterns on their clypeus (Figure 2) (Bedick, et al.1999).
		American burying beetles play host to communities of mites of the genus Poecilochirus, which feed on fly eggs within the chamber, and thus further protect the larvae from competition via opportunistic organisms (Prospero 1999).
		The five factors which are believed to have contributed to the decline of the American burying beetle are: (1) light pollution, (2) change in carrion sources, (3) habitat fragmentation, (4) increased competition from vertebrate scavengers due to edge effect, and (5) change in population genetics (Ratcliffe 2001).
	www.beetlelady.com /?page_id=6 (3501 words)

	scarab beetle. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		A large group of scarab beetles are scavengers, feeding on decaying vegetation or on the dung of grazing animals.
		Some of the dung beetles, known as tumblebugs, form balls of dung that they roll about with their hind legs, sometimes for long distances and sometimes working in pairs.
		The largest scarab beetles in North America are the plant-eating Hercules beetles and their close relatives, the rhinoceros beetles and elephant beetles.
	www.bartleby.com /65/sc/scarabbe.html (509 words)

	beetlelady.com » Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), a New Threat to North American Beekeeping
		Female beetles deposit their pearly-white eggs in irregular masses throughout the hive, but seem to prefer cavities and crevices such as those created by gaps between the hive frame and combs.
		Mitochondrial DNA sequencing of U.S. and African small hive beetles strongly suggests that the African and North American populations represent the same species, but has not allowed researchers to determine if the North American population is the result of one or multiple introductions (Evans et al., 2000).
		The entrapped beetles are prevented from engaging in mating and egg laying and prevented from doing further feeding damage to the hive.
	www.beetlelady.com /?page_id=5 (2909 words)

	1997 Ecosystem Proceeding Paper
		In 1994 the collection of 40 specimens of the American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) indicated the presence of a population of this species in the dissected hills south of the Platte River located roughly between Lexington, Dawson County and North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska.
		Beetles trapped were marked with various colors of paint in specific patters in order to determine the location and time of trapping in the event of a recapture.
		The collection of 241 beetles from three locations in 1996 results in a population size estimate of 4,275 individuals based upon extrapolation of collection data to cover the entire identified range.
	www.ianr.unl.edu /ianr/pwp/products/97papers/beetle.htm (1504 words)

	Hippodamia convergens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Beetles may have a full complement of 13 spots or they may have only a few.
		If aphids are scarce, beetles and larvae may feed on small insect larvae, insect eggs, mites and, occasionally, nectar, and honeydew secreted by aphids and other sucking insects.
		Lady beetle larvae are dark and alligator-like with three pairs of prominent legs.
	www.nysaes.cornell.edu /ent/biocontrol/predators/hippodamia.html (725 words)

	American Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus americanus)
		Burying beetles are one of the few examples of biparental care in insects outside of the social insects.
		The reproductive behaviors of the burying beetles, Nicrophorus spp.
		New Nebraska occurrences of the endangered American burying beetle (Coleoptera: Silphidae).
	www.texasento.net /ABB.htm (1527 words)

	American Beetles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		American Beetles is the single most comprehensive description of the beetles of North America north of the tropical area of Mexico.
		The introduction includes a section on beetle anatomy that introduces all the technical terms used later.
		The bulk of the content consists of treatments of the 130-odd families known to occur in North America (a couple dozen are not known from NA, and are not described); the descriptive material applies worldwide, and there are brief notes about non-NA family members.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Beetles (315 words)

	Search Results for "beetles"
		...Most notorious is the Colorado potato beetle, or potato bug (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), a fl-and-yellow striped member of the leaf beetle family.
		The predaceous diving beetles (family Dytiscidae) are a large group, widespread...
		...The mouthparts of snout beetles are modified into down-curved snouts, or beaks, adapted for boring into plants; the jaws are at the end of the snout.
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/65search?query=beetles (269 words)

	DNR - American Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus americanus Olivier)
		The American burying beetle is a member of the Silphidae family, and is one of the 570 species of silphids living throughout the world.
		American burying beetles are master scavengers, cleaning the environment as they bury dead small mammals and various insects for future consumption.
		American burying beetle populations began a decline during the 1920s.
	www.michigan.gov /dnr/0,1607,7-153-10319-32983--,00.html (335 words)

	Nicrophorus americanus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is the largest carrion beetle in North America, is carnivorous, feeds on carrion and requires carrion to breed.
		The beetle is nocturnal and is a strong flier, moving as far as a kilometer in one night.
		Biologists have attempted to establish a beetle population releasing laboratory-raised American burying beetles on Penikese Island in Massachusetts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Burying_Beetle (700 words)

	NPWRC :: Fragile Legacy
		The American burying beetle is active at night, when the male and female seek large (50-200 g) carrion.
		The American burying beetle was collected in Brookings and Union Counties in the 1940s.
		Captive populations of American burying beetles at Boston University were used by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reintroduce the species to a second New England island in 1990.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/wildlife/sdrare/species/nicramer.htm (444 words)

	One Zoo, Two Islands, and a Beetle - Brief Article Endangered Species Bulletin - Find Articles
		If it is the right size (2.8 to 7 ounces, or 80 to 200 grams), the beetles pair up and bury the carcass, preserving it with special secretions, and the female lays her eggs in the brood chamber.
		But before Block Island beetles could be used in a reintroduction effort, biologists had to be certain that removing some of the beetles for captive propagation would not endanger the island's population.
		The beetle and the FWS recovery work were featured in a "Wild Discovery" television program, entitled "Weird Worlds." Many of the close-up shots of the beetles tending their larvae were obtained by the Powderhouse Productions film crew at the Roger Williams Park Zoo.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0ASV/is_3_24/ai_55816127 (897 words)

	American Burying Beetle Survey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The American burying beetle Nicrophorus americanus (Olivier) is the largest member of the family Silphidae in North America.
		Population Genetics and Phylogenetics of the Endangered American Burying Beetle, Nicrophorus americanus (Coleoptera: Silphidae).
		Recent beetle research is sending us to larger tracts of land on the Western edge of the State.
	www.biology.wustl.edu /tyson/projectszoo.html (1242 words)

	USA stag beetles
		North American stag beetles are distinct from their Old World cousins one of which is the charismatic Lucanus cervus, the core of this website.
		If they aren't shaped like this antenna, then it is not a stag beetle even though it might have some very convincing pincers.
		I say this because I've had emails from the USA about the blue-margined ground beetle - Pasimachus depressus, which happens to have mandibles as well, but it is not a Lucanidae at all.
	maria.fremlin.de /stagbeetles/usa/index.html (472 words)

	Burying Beetle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The American burying beetle is a scavenger, and it helps clean up the environment by eating the dead bodies of animals.
		Once, the American burying beetle was found in all of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains.
		However, once the pigeon was hunted to extinction by humans, the beetles may not have been able to find enough food to survive.
	www.thewildones.org /Animals/buryBtl.html (407 words)

	Amikäfer — American Beetles
		As the first reports that American planes were dropping Colorado or potato beetles (called Ami beetles by the people) over the territory of the German Democratic Republic, even those who had never doubted the lack of conscience or scruples of the American warmongers were reluctant to believe them.
		The current American government, which is using the most brutal fascist methods to silence those fighting for social progress and peace in their own country, wants to use the most terrible means of atomic bombs and bacteriological warfare to bring the whole world under the control of dollar imperialism.
		At the same time, however, a report from an American investigative committee leaked out that discussed the bad tactics and insufficient preparation of the whole potato beetle campaign, and also criticized the fact that the spreading of the beetles over the GDR had not followed the distribution plan.
	www.calvin.edu /academic/cas/gpa/amikafer.htm (1843 words)

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		The American Burying Beetle, the largest of the North American carrion beetles, has drastically declined in numbers and range.
		Most distinctly, there is an orange-red marking on the beetle's pronotum, a large shield-like area just behind the head.
		In an attempt to establish another beetle population, biologists have released laboratory-raised American Burying Beetles on Penikese Island in Massachusetts, historical habitat of the insects.
	www.mass.gov /agr/pesticides/species/brochure/insect_beetle_burying.htm (186 words)

	An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles - Beetle Books
		The Buprestoidae, commonly known as Jewel Beetles, are the eighth largest family of beetles in the world.
		Beetles of the World: A key and information system for families and subfamilies.
		Beetles of the World: A key and information system for families and sufamilies and Beetle Larvae of the World.
	www.fond4beetles.com /books2.html (704 words)

	Frank T. Hovore
		His Coleoptera research interests were the ecology, taxonomic diversity, and distribution of Cerambycidae, with recent study and survey emphasis upon the faunas of Central (Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama) and South America (French Guiana, Ecuador), and the biology, ecology, and systematics of the genus Pleocoma (Pleocomidae).
		The Cerambycidae, or longhorned beetles, of southern Texas: a faunal survey.
		Hovore, F.T. "Longhorned beetles (Cerambycidae and Disteniidae) of Monteverde", in: "Monteverde, ecology and conservation of a tropical cloud forest", Nadkarni, N.M. and N.T. Wheelwright, eds., Oxford Univ. Press, 573 pp.
	www.unl.edu /museum/research/entomology/workers/FHovore.htm (665 words)

	The Beetles Return
		There are several theories as to why the beetle began to disappear in Ohio, and it's likely that all of those theories are at least partially correct.
		The American Burying Beetle seems to prefer oak-hickory forests and thick grasslands-both of which were once abundant in Ohio.
		Like the beetles, river otters faced increasingly less hospitable habitats in Ohio (and, let's face it, everywhere else), but, thanks to reintroduction efforts that began in 1986, otter populations were deemed healthy enough to remove the mammals from the state endangered species list in 2002.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/9537/105703 (464 words)

	Imperial College Departmentof Biology
		Alphabetized list of the tiger beetle species of North America and the majorhabitat(s) in which each occurs (habitats are indicated by superscript letters and identified at the end of the species list).
		The tiger beetles of Arkansas, Louisiana,and Mississippi (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae).
		Nagano, C. Population status of the tiger beetles of the genusCicindela (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) inhabiting the marine shoreline ofSouthern California.
	www.bio.ic.ac.uk /research/tigerb/rangepaper.htm (1264 words)

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